3/3 Camellia, plankton, green water, Donut Hole, Guardian Watchmen, North of Falcon, Tarboo Cr, truth trust news, week in review

 

Camellia [Gardenia]

Camellia
Queens of the winter flowers, camellias are evergreen shrubs that are prized for the beauty of their exquisite blooms, their splendid evergreen foliage and their compact shapely habit. Blooming prodigiously for weeks from fall to spring when the garden offers little, camellias are ranked as one of the very best flowering shrubs. (Gardenia)

If you like to watch: The Big Lives of Tiny Creatures
They are some of the most bizarre and otherworldly animals on Earth, some of the most abundant life in the oceans, and some of the tiniest creatures with the biggest impact on our lives—plankton. Without them, the world as we know it would cease to exist. (Hakai Institute)

City of Bellingham, County Health respond to algae reports
The City of Bellingham and Whatcom County Health and Community Services (WCHCS) are responding to reports of algae and green-colored water at Lake Padden and Padden Creek.  Test results expected by next week will indicate whether the algae blooms are harmful to human, pet or environmental health. Until more is known, it’s best to avoid contact with the water. (City of Bellingham)

Donut Hole win can guide transboundary strategy
There are many good reasons for protecting the Skagit River headwaters; high on the list is the ongoing health of the larger Skagit watershed, a defining element of the region’s geography and cultural heritage. Derek Moscato writes. (Salish Current)

Human Elements: Reviving Indigenous methods of habitat restoration
The Guardian Watchmen, a group of Wei Wai Kum First Nations citizens, use traditional methods to protect Vancouver Island's fragile ecosystems. Sarah Hoffman reports. (Crosscut)

Annual process of setting salmon seasons to begin
The statewide process that sets state-managed salmon seasons is set to begin. The process, named North of Falcon after the physical location of Cape Falcon in Oregon, includes salmon harvesting seasons in Puget Sound.nDuring North of Falcon, federal, state and tribal fisheries managers estimate the number of salmon and steelhead that will return, and set the number that will be available for harvesting through recreational and commercial salmon fisheries. Emma Fletcher-Frazer reports. (Skagit Valley Herald) 

Restoration planting season underway along Tarboo Creek
Volunteers are planting thousands of native trees and shrubs along Tarboo Creek and the surrounding wetlands in Quilcene this year, with the next two events this Saturday and a week later.  (Peninsula Daily News)

Conflicting Federal Investigations Raise Deltaport Safety Concerns
Dockworkers at a Lower Mainland container port are still climbing cranes without working elevators despite an initial federal investigation that identified serious safety issues after a worker’s death...The federal Labour Program investigation into his death found six safety violations, including failing to assess the risk faced by workers on its dockside cranes when elevators were not working and failure to develop an adequate rescue plan. The agency ordered changes. Zak Vescera reports. (The Tyee)

Truth, Trust and the News: "Calling Bullshit"
How do YOU decide what's true? An evening with authors Carl Bergstrom and Kevin West. April 13, Heiner Auditorium, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham. FREE, registration required.  Sponsored by Salish Current, Western Washington University’s Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education and Whatcom Community College, in partnership with Village Books.

Salish Sea News Week in Review 3/3/23: Hergé, extinction risk, sapsucker housing, Nisqually quake, Electron Hydro, Rosa Franklin, kelp help, licenses to pollute, BC LNG, Guardian Watchmen.

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Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  234 AM PST Fri Mar 3 2023   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON   
TODAY  SW wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 12 ft at 14 seconds.  Showers likely and a slight chance of tstms in the morning then  rain in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming E 15 to 20 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 11 ft at 14 seconds.  Showers and a slight chance of tstms in the evening then rain  likely after midnight. 
SAT  E wind 20 to 30 kt becoming 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. W swell 8 ft at 13 seconds. Rain. 
SAT NIGHT  E wind 20 to 30 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. W swell 9 ft at 13 seconds.
 SUN  SE wind 5 to 15 kt rising to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft in the afternoon. W  swell 9 ft at 14 seconds.

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